{"id":280,"date":"2019-10-24T15:37:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T19:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/?page_id=280"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:36:23","slug":"policies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/spaces\/policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the public are welcome at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/libraries\/\">Raether Library and the Watkinson.<\/a> Research librarians can assist in finding materials relevant to your research, project, or interests. The library also houses a caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that visitors may not remove materials from the library, and that some services are only available to the students, faculty, and staff of Trinity and the <a href=\"https:\/\/blc.org\/page\/access-and-borrowing\">BLC<\/a> (Boston Library Consortium).<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions, please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/about\/phone-email-contacts\/\">Library &amp; Information Technology Services.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Visitor Policies<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Visitors are admitted between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays. The library is closed to the public on weekends and holidays. Please visit our detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/information-services\/about\/hours\/\">Hours<\/a> page for information on holiday schedules and other exceptions to regular hours.<\/li>\n<li>Visitors under 18 years old must be accompanied by an adult.<\/li>\n<li>Visitors who need to access the U.S. Documents collection should ask a research librarian for assistance.<\/li>\n<li>Visitors have access to two public computers that are restricted to library resources.\u00a0Use is on a first-come basis and is limited to one hour.\u00a0All computer use is subject to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/technology\/security\/information-technology-policies-procedures\/\">College policies<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blc.org\/page\/access-and-borrowing\">BLC<\/a> (Boston Library Consortium) must provide a photo ID and BLC card to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/libraries\/borrowing-requesting\/borrowing-policies\/\">check out items<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the public are welcome at Raether Library and the Watkinson. 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